NSAID pretreatment impairs immune response in heart failure, worsens heart and kidney damage

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 09:20 in Health & Medicine

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are widely known as pain-killers and can relieve pain and inflammation. However, prolonged use raises the risk of heart and kidney failure events. A heart attack causes death of heart muscle cells by lack of oxygen, and it also significantly injures the kidneys. To understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms […]

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